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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah made no concrete threats of action against Israel

Hezbollah 'cannot be silent' after Hamas leader's death

The head of Lebanon's Hezbollah has said it "cannot be silent" after the killing of Hamas' deputy leader in Beirut.

Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati said the killing 'aims to draw' the country further into the Israel-Hamas war

Israeli strike kills senior Hamas official in Lebanon

Israel has killed Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in a drone strike in Lebanon's capital Beirut, Lebanese and Palestinian security sources said, as its forces kept pummelling parts of Gaza, vowing further "high-intensity" warfare against the Islamist militant group in the enclave.

Middle East • 03 Jan 24

The Palestinian and Hezbollah flags wave in the wind as peacekeepers from UNIFIL patrol the border area between Lebanon and Israel

UN force in Lebanon urges probe as peacekeeper wounded

The United Nations' peacekeeping mission in Lebanon has called on authorities to investigate an attack in the country's south that left one of the force's members wounded.

Middle East • 28 Dec 23

Israel previously dropped leaflets over northern Gaza, urging Palestinian citizens to head south (File Image)

IDF drops flyers warning Lebanese against Hezbollah aid

The Israeli army has dropped leaflets on parts of south Lebanon for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war began, warning residents not to help Hezbollah, inhabitants said.

Middle East • 15 Dec 23

Issam Abdallah was killed in the strike on 13 October

Probe shows Israeli shell used in strike on journalists

An investigation by the AFP news agency into a strike in southern Lebanon that killed a journalist and injured six others points to a tank shell only used by the Israeli army in the region.

World • 07 Dec 23

Members of the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) rest next to an armed vehicle near the southern Lebanese village of Markaba

Risks rise for Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon - UNIFIL

Daily exchanges of fire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants are increasing the risk for the UN's peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon as a major UN peacekeeping conference gets under way.

Middle East • 05 Dec 23

Private Sean Rooney was killed in south Lebanon last year

Lebanon releases suspect in Irish peacekeeper killing

A man suspected of fatally shooting Irish UN peacekeeper Private Seán Rooney in south Lebanon has been released after spending almost a year in detention, a military court official has said.

Ireland • 15 Nov 23

Israeli army tracked medical vehicles close to the border with Lebanon, amid increasing cross-border tensions between Hezbollah and Israel

Cash-strapped Lebanon unprepared as war threat looms

Lebanese emergency crews rush to the scene of Israeli bombardments in ageing vehicles and without protective gear as the crisis-hit country struggles to prepare for a possible war.

Middle East • 31 Oct 23

Hezbollah and Lebanon flags (File image)

In northern Israel, farmers are in fear of Hezbollah

The second milking had just finished, with the few remaining residents of kibbutz Dafna persevering under the threat of a new front opening in Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza.

World • 31 Oct 23

Hezbollah boasts weapons including precision rockets and drones, and says it can hit all parts of Israel

What is Hezbollah, the group backing Hamas?

The violence on the frontier between Israel and Lebanon is the deadliest escalation since Hezbollah and the Israeli military fought a major war in 2006.

World • 31 Oct 23

Nurit Cooper (left), and Yocheved Lifshitz (right) have been released from Hamas

Israel confirms two more hostages freed by Hamas

The Israeli prime minister's office issued a statement confirming that two Israeli women, whom it named as Nurit Cooper, 79, and Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, were handed over to the Israeli military and would be taken to a medical facility.

Middle East • 24 Oct 23

Reuters' journalist Issam Abdallah was killed while working in southern Lebanon

Journalist killed, six others injured in Lebanon

A Reuters journalist has been killed and six others from AFP, Reuters and Al Jazeera wounded while working in southern Lebanon, the three news organisations have said.

World • 13 Oct 23

UN troops patrol the border between Lebanon and Israel (file pic)

'No chance' of Irish soldiers leaving Lebanon mission

The commanding officer of Irish troops in Lebanon, tasked with peacekeeping the border region with Israel, has said there is "no chance" of the soldiers being withdrawn from the area despite the recent upsurge in attacks.

Ireland • 13 Oct 23

Mahmoud Bazzi was deported from the US in 2014

Killer of Irish soldiers 'released early' in Lebanon

The Department of Defence has said it is aware of what it calls "officially unconfirmed reports" that a man convicted of murdering two Irish soldiers and attempting to murder a third has been released from prison in Lebanon.

Ireland • 26 Aug 23

UN peacekeeper Seán Rooney was killed when the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) vehicle he was travelling in was attacked

Lebanese court charges five with killing Seán Rooney

A military court in Lebanon has charged five men who are members of the Hezbollah militia with the killing of Irish peacekeeper Private Seán Rooney last year.

World • 01 Jun 23

Seán Rooney was shot and killed last December

Lebanon completes initial phase of Rooney inquiry

The initial phase of a Lebanese criminal investigation into the killing of Irish UN peacekeeper Private Seán Rooney has been completed, the Department of Defence has confirmed.

Ireland • 08 Apr 23

Israeli police secure the site of an attack in Tel Aviv

Israel mobilise police reserves after deadly attacks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mobilised police and army reserves after separate attacks killed three people in the West Bank and Tel Aviv in the latest escalation of deadly violence.

World • 07 Apr 23

Militant group Hamas said several airstrikes had been carried out on Gaza

Explosions heard in Gaza after rocket attacks on Israel

Explosions have been heard in Gaza as warplanes flew overhead, a Reuters witness said, shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised a strong response to rockets fired at his country.

World • 06 Apr 23

Daylight saving time will now start 'at midnight on Wednesday to Thursday', caretaker prime minister Najib Mikati said

After clocks confusion, Lebanon to shift to summer time

Lebanon's caretaker government moved to clear up widespread confusion over daylight saving that left the crisis-hit country with two time zones and growing concerns over sectarian divisions.

World • 27 Mar 23

A clock tower in Beirut's Jdeideh district

Lebanon clock change confusion deepens divisions

Lebanon woke up in two time zones this morning amid an escalating dispute between political and religious authorities over a decision to extend winter time for a month.

Lebanon • 26 Mar 23

Micheál Martin, who is visiting Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon, lays a wreath to honour the Irish troops in the UN mission

Tributes paid to Pte Rooney as Tánaiste meets troops

Friends of Private Seán Rooney, who died in an attack in southern Lebanon in December, have described a supportive friend and dedicated soldier who "will never be forgotten".

Ireland • 16 Feb 23

Irish UNIFIL troops pictured at their base in the southern Lebanese village of al-Tiri last month

Martin to meet Irish UNIFIL troops in visit to Lebanon

Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin travels to Lebanon today and will meet Irish troops serving with UNIFIL in the south of the country - his first time to do so since taking up the role in December.

Ireland • 25 Jan 23

Irish UN peacekeepers check the site where a UN peacekeeping force UNIFIL convoy came under attack

Hope of delivering justice after deadly Lebanon attack?

News broke this week that the Lebanese authorities are questioning a suspect concerning the attack on four Irish peacekeepers in al-Aqbiya in south Lebanon that left Private Seán Rooney dead and Trooper Shane Kearney seriously injured.

World • 29 Dec 22

Private Seán Rooney was killed in Lebanon on 14 December

Arrest in Lebanon linked to death of Irish soldier

The Lebanese army has detained a main suspect in the killing of Irish peacekeeper Seán Rooney in a move coordinated with the powerful armed group Hezbollah, two security sources and a Hezbollah spokesperson said.

World • 26 Dec 22

Irish UN peacekeepers check the site of last week's deadly attack

Will Hezbollah cooperate in Lebanon investigation?

The big debate in Lebanon this week provides an insight into the fragility of the state.

Analysis and Comment • 23 Dec 22